Toy



L. E. ISELE.

TOY.

APPLICATION FILED MAR I7, 1921.

1,433,889. Patented 00:. 31, 11921v v 2 SHEETS-SHEET l.

L. E. ISELE.

TOY.

APPLICATION FILED MAR 17. I921.

1,433,889. Patented Oct. 31, 1922.

2 SHEETS SHEEI 2.

.Ietented @ct. Bill, 1922.

NETED fiTATES LOUIS E. ISELE, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

TOY.

Application filed March 17, 1021. Serial No, 453,080.

To a]! whom it may concern:

Be it known that T, LOUIS Ill. lsnnn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Toys; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and the characters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of? the same, and which said drawings constitute part of this application, and rep resent, lI1

l ig. 1 a side view, partly in section, of a toy constructeiil. in accordance with my in rent-ion.

Fig. 2 a front view of the same.

Fig. 3 a top or plan view of the same.

L a perspective view of the sprocketwheel detached.

Fig. 5 a perspective view oi the pulley detached.

Fig. 6 a sectional view through one of the buckets, showing the means for attaching the same to the chain.

My invention relates to improvement in toys, and particularly to toys used by children in playing with sand, the object being to provide a toy simulating a lmcket'conveyor which is simple in construction and, therefore. cheap to manufacture, and adapt ed to afford amusement to children. and the invention consists in the construction and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter (lGSClll'JGCl and particularly recited in the claims.

Superimposed upon a base 10, struck up from sheet-metal with an upr'itanding flange ll, is a pocket 12, also struck up from sheetmetal, on d mounted at the upper end of the pocket is a hopper "l3 discharg g'iup into the pocket. Secured to the sides oi the pocket, and projecting; upwardly and forwardly i-efrom, are side-bars l4; and .15. being con....ect.ed together at their outer ends by a bar 16, which is preferably torn'iod integral with the side-bars i l and 15. These sidebars are connected together by a transversebrace 17, which in turn is supported by uprights 18 and 19, which are secured at their lower ends to the flange 11.. The hopper is also supported from the transverse-brace 17 by stay 20, the stay, uprights and sidebars being formed from wire. Mounted on the bar 16 is a pulley 21, and on a crank shaft 22, mounted in the sides of the pocket 12, is a sprocket 23. and extending over the sprocket 23 and around the pulley- 21 is a chain 2%, to which buckets are attached. The pulley 21 is formed from two disks ct metal 26 offset at the center and formed in their edges with radially-projecting flanges 27. These disks are brought together and secured so as to form a space between the flanges 27 for the passage of the chain 24-,

while the sprocket 2-3 is formed from two similar disks except that the flanges are notched to form teeth 32 and the disks are reversed in position, so that the teeth of the two disks register and so as to term sprocket-teeth to engage with the chain 24 and move thatchain under the action of the crank-shaft 22, which is provided with a crank-handle 28. The sprocket and pulley may be located on their respective shafts by upsetting the metal of the shaft on opposite sides. The buckets 25 are attached to the chain by forming them with perforations 29, through which eyes 30 of the chain may extend and through which eyes pins 31 may be passed, so as to interlock the buckets with the chain. These buckets are arranged at intervals and the pocket filled witlrsand, which may be supplied through. the hopper 13. As the crank is turned the buckets are brought down beneath. the sprocket 23 and into the mass of sand in the pocket, so as to pick up a portion ofthe sand, which is carried upward and forward by the chain, overthe pulley 21, at which point the bucket is reversed in position, so as to discharge its load.

This construction provides an attractive toy, simple to manufacture and not liable to become disarranged, and capable of afford.- inn.- amusement to children playing in sand.

I claim:

1. A. toy of the class described including a sprocket3-wheeh a pulley and a chain extending around the same. buckets secured to said. chain, said sprocket and pulley formed from disks of metal having inwardly offset, centers andradial teeth.

2. A to-y of the class described including a sprocket-wheel, a pulley and a chain extending around the same, buckets secured to saidv chain, said buckets formed with.

openings adapted to receive the eyes of the chain, and pins extending through said eyes, whereby the buckets are interlocked with the chain.

3. A toy of the class described comprising ill) a base, a pool-tee nmnnted thereon, a hopper discharging into said pocket, bars secured to opposite sides of the said pocket and projecting upwardly and outwardly therefrom, and connected together at their outer ends, a pulley mounted between said side-bars at their outer ends, a crank-shaft mounted between the Walls of said pocket, a sprocketwheel 011 said shaft, 21- ehain extending around said sprocket Wheel and pulley,

secured to said chain, braces support "aid side-bars and u support ing the upper edge of said hopper.

In testimony whereof, I have signed this specification in the presence of two suhl5 scribing Witnesses.

LOUIS I). ISELE.

\Vitnesses LOUIS LARsEN, CHARLES LAB-SEN. 

